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Dear Ones,

This is about figuring out the HIV test results.

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VIDEO BY ALICE

SUMMARY OF THE VIDEO

Hello, Dear Ones, It’s Alice. I Am of the Stars.

This is about how to interpret an HIV medical test. And the question is: What if my HIV test result is positive?

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Please do not take the following as a substitute for your doctor’s advice!

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So, the first question is: Suppose you were in the hospital, and the nurse thought that you had died. And the doctor came in and tested you and said: The results of this test are negative.

What would that mean? That would mean that you are not dead after all; so they could save your life.

Last week I went to the doctor for a COVID test. I waited for a few hours, and they came back with the results. And it said, at the top of the explanation: The results of this COVID test are negative.

What does that mean? That means that I did not have COVID.

So now I am going to ask the important question: Suppose you get the kit at the pharmacy that allows you to test for HIV. You know, HIV is the infection that eventually causes AIDS; and AIDS can be a lethal disease unless it is treated medically.

So it is a very important test, the HIV test that you can get at the pharmacy. You do not need a prescription, but you need, probably, to pay cash, and you need to be 18 years of age, I think, in order to get the test.

So you have gone to the pharmacy, and you have bought the test for HIV. And you want to find out if you need to get medical treatment.

You take the test, and the results of the test are positive. So what does that mean? It means that, according to the test, you do have the HIV infection. The HIV test results are positive.

It sounds like it is a good thing to be positive, right? But it is the exact opposite in medical testing. If the HIV test results are positive, then you need to go to the doctor and get treatment.  Do not wait; go right away.

HIV infection can be … as I understand it … lethal for children who contract it before the age of puberty. And the lethal complications apparently set in at the age of puberty. I do not know if there has been any cure or respite for that as of today.

A child who is born with HIV has about 2 years to live, as I understand it. We can do a lot to make the child comfortable, but we cannot surmount that obstacle of death within about 2 years. So I have read, but please see your doctor to be certain whether this is so.

Now if you are one of the lucky people that get HIV after the age of puberty, and if you get regular Western medical treatment for that infection, you have a good chance of living well into your 70s, and that is where it really counts.

So now you know: If the HIV test is negative, the answer is: No, I do not have HIV.

And if the HIV test is positive, you can be positive you have to see the doctor.

Well, that is all. It is a tricky question, medical tests, and it is not always well explained to us, do you not think?

God bless you all,
And keep you safe,
And be with you
Through all your days!

In love, light and joy,
This is Alice B. Clagett.
I Am of the Stars … and so are you!

Image: “Self-Portrait,” by Alice B. Clagett, 21 September 2023, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com .., 21 September 2023, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..

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VIDEO CREDITS

“Do You Have HIV?”
by Alice B. Clagett
Filmed on 21 September 2023
Location: Simi Hills, CA

Produced by Shoes
on 21 September 2023
CC BY-SA 4.0 International

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“Moon” – Pixabay License.

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